Have-not

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A poor or underprivileged person. contrastive, idiomatic, usually

    "A longtime advocate for racial and social justice with a degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, Walker, 40, got into politics at the urging of Edwards, an African American woman widely praised as a bridge-builder between the city’s haves and have-nots."

  2. 2
    a person with few or no possessions wordnet
  3. 3
    One who does not have some (contextually specified) thing. idiomatic, uncommon

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poor person

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"A longtime advocate for racial and social justice with a degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, Walker, 40, got into politics at the urging of Edwards, an African American woman widely praised as a bridge-builder between the city’s haves and have-nots."

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